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by stordoff 8y ago
I recall one monthly service (I forget what, as it was some years ago; I think it was a language learning tool) where the way to get the cheapest option was to select monthly, click back, and be _immediately_ offered a 75% reduction.
842.
by stordoff 8y ago
I believe the point is that we don't _know_ that it's very small (_if_ it's a design flaw, it could be significantly higher), and there are (generally) viable alternatives, so it's needless extra risk
843.
by stordoff 8y ago
That was the promise of Continuum on Windows Phone: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/continuum
844.
by stordoff 8y ago
Opiates have a withdrawal problem with proper usage (as a long term user of prescribed opiates, I am frequently warned of this).
845.
by stordoff 8y ago
I submit all the time before realising one has started to change. It's terribly frustrating.
846.
by stordoff 8y ago
> it is absolutely infuriating that I can be required to take a drug just to live It _is_. > I'd rather get sick and fail than live with it forever. It's easy to say that now. When you've not slept for three days, and t
847.
by stordoff 8y ago
Being a slave to my OCD vs. having some semblance of control over it is not even a question.
848.
by stordoff 8y ago
Opiates kill[1], and are used recreationally. Those are two big differences. [1] SSRIs _can_, but rarely https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9786310
849.
by stordoff 8y ago
Why would it? If no one else knows the password, just say it was a weak password (or even that you got lucky). There's $137m missing, so clearly something went wrong - one more mistake wouldn't be hard to believe. Even if it does,
850.
by stordoff 8y ago
I was thinking you need a jump to cash somewhere, but even that would lead to _someone_. The coins can't just disappear.
851.
by stordoff 8y ago
You can stop them from ever spending it. You can't take it from someone, but you can stop them from using it - I doubt most people would consider that much of a difference (they still suffer the loss).
852.
by stordoff 8y ago
IIRC, XLD rips to WAV first anyway, then compresses it to FLAC (I know EAC does).
853.
by stordoff 8y ago
In general, no, but at this point _continuing_ to advocate for a No Deal Brexit is extreme.
854.
by stordoff 8y ago
I don't know what the breakdown is for Brexit spending, but $20m would be heavy in a UK context. The official Leave/Remain campaigns could only spend £7m each.
855.
by stordoff 8y ago
According to the Government's Implications for Business and Trade of a No Deal Exit on 29 March 2019 document: > This estimates that the UK economy would be 6.3-9% smaller in the long term in a no deal scenario (after around 15 year
856.
by stordoff 8y ago
> The Remain campaign completely blew the legally mandated spending limits for campaigning in a single mailshot to every home in Britain As benj111 points out, it was the _Government_, not the Remain campaign. Different rules apply to th
857.
by stordoff 8y ago
I find I'm the opposite. Wanting to photograph things makes me _more_ aware of my surroundings, and take them in more.
858.
by stordoff 8y ago
I'm not a fan of promise - it makes it sound like a choice, and not something enforced by the design (assuming it's set up properly, which the CA _can't_ promise).
859.
by stordoff 8y ago
To be honest, I'm not really sure why this is necessary. I don't see why couldn't have two interfaces - one simple/moderate-speed one for most use cases, and a fast one (which could incorporate the slower one) for when i
860.
by stordoff 8y ago
Unfortunately, it (often) _isn't_. I'd love to live in that world, but it doesn't seem realistic.
861.
by stordoff 8y ago
Not in the latest Chrome (Windows). Right-click, open in new window: > Your source is news.ycombinator.com Though it is noted in the usage: > When a visitor come from https web-site to http, a request doesn’t have a referer.
862.
by stordoff 8y ago
> Money the government is taking out of the corporation is money that could potentially be added to your paycheck if the corporation prospers and you play your role. And ultimately be taxed _anyway_, as the country needs a certain revenu
863.
by stordoff 8y ago
Presumably they want them in prison though, so it doesn't really address that part of the problem.
864.
by stordoff 8y ago
Could they not just accept it as a cost of doing business? If I can transfer my library to iTunes, I'm more likely to spend money with them in the future.
865.
by stordoff 8y ago
I'd split into documentary-reproducing what you could witness and artistic-using photographic techniques to create a pleasing result. It's also not really post-processing - it's a choice you make at capture time. Do I leave t
866.
by stordoff 8y ago
He's not getting upset that people are calling his photos Photoshopped - he's getting upset that they are calling them _fake_. They're maybe punched up a little in Photoshop (colour, contrast), but that's not fake - you
867.
by stordoff 8y ago
It's a layer of grass under long exposure. It looks exactly how I would expect.
868.
by stordoff 8y ago
Better than nothing. If the user still has access to the account, Google Takeout lets you download the original videos IIRC.
869.
by stordoff 8y ago
> Or IoT coloured lightbulbs I don't know if it's a _problem_, but the ability to have _bright_ white light for when I've reading, then dimmed to a warmer shade for general use, is useful. Getting the full RGB range is a f
870.
by stordoff 8y ago
If it's around 1/10, it must be over a long period of time. There have certainly been periods where I've returned _way_ more than that, including things like 'These headphones I bought a year ago have broke, this hard dr

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